Imagine this: You’re the President of the United States.
You’re trying to protect Americans from dangerous foreign gang members—people tied to violent, organized crime groups like Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua.
You find a legal way to fast-track their deportation. But every time you act, left-wing lawyers and activist judges throw up roadblocks.
That’s exactly what’s happening right now—and Nevada is in the middle of it.
Earlier this month, U.S. District Court Judge Gloria Navarro—an Obama appointee—stepped in to block the Trump administration from deporting a Venezuelan man, Adrian Arturo Viloria Aviles.
Homeland Security says he’s part of Tren de Aragua, a gang known for drug trafficking, murder, and extortion across Latin America and now creeping into U.S. communities.
But instead of letting immigration officials do their job, the judge sided with attorneys from the ACLU and the UNLV Immigration Clinic, who claim Viloria Aviles is just a misunderstood asylum-seeker.
Never mind that federal agents identified him as a known gang member. Never mind that he was caught during a vehicle stop in Utah, transferred to a Nevada facility, and was already in the pipeline for deportation.
According to these lawyers, he deserves more time and more hearings—and now he gets to stay until at least June.
Let’s be clear: This isn’t about justice. It’s about lawfare—using the courts to wage political war against the Trump administration.
The left is using the legal system to delay, derail, and destroy Trump’s tough-on-crime immigration agenda. They’re not winning at the ballot box, so they’re trying to win in court.
Every time Trump takes action to protect Americans, liberal attorneys race to file lawsuits. Then they hope they get lucky with an activist judge who’ll give them the ruling they want.
In this case, they’re challenging Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act—a rarely used law that gives the executive branch authority to quickly deport citizens of countries seen as hostile or dangerous, especially in times of national crisis.
While it hasn’t been used much since World War II, the Trump team brought it back as part of a broader effort to remove gang members from nations like Venezuela.
Critics say we’re not officially “at war” with Venezuela. But let’s be honest—do you need a declaration of war to see the danger in allowing violent foreign gang members to roam freely in the U.S.?
The Supreme Court just ruled 5-4 that Venezuelan nationals can be deported under the Alien Enemies Act—but they must first get a hearing. So, what’s happening now?
Immigration officers are scrambling to meet those requirements while liberal lawyers file emergency lawsuits left and right, claiming their clients are being shuffled between detention centers and denied enough time to prepare.
In Viloria Aviles’ case, he was moved from Nevada to New Mexico to Texas—exactly what law enforcement often does to manage high-risk detainees or to avoid local interference.
But his lawyers cried foul, saying it canceled his bond hearing.
Never mind that tattoos linked to violent gangs were part of what raised red flags. Now, they want to treat him like a victim of injustice.
Here’s the kicker: DHS even admitted in court documents that Viloria Aviles has no known criminal record—yet still labeled him a “deportable alien.”
Why? Because membership in a violent gang should be reason enough. We shouldn’t have to wait for someone to commit a crime here before taking action. That’s not how you prevent danger; that’s how you invite it.
This same pattern is playing out in courts across the country.
Judges in Texas and Colorado have also put holds on deportations under the Alien Enemies Act. Every ruling like this weakens our border security and delays justice.
And while these activist lawyers cry “due process,” what about the safety of American families? What about the communities that have already seen violent crime spill across the border?
What about our right to live in peace and security?
This isn’t compassion. It’s chaos dressed up in a courtroom.
At the end of the day, the Trump administration is doing what voters elected them to do: secure the border and protect our nation from foreign threats.
But with every judge’s ruling and every ACLU press conference, that job gets harder.
The left knows they can’t stop Trump with elections alone. So now they’re using judges and lawsuits to chip away at his authority—bit by bit.
It’s time to call it what it is: lawfare. And it’s putting our safety at risk.
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